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Prepare your LPO brief

A checklist to help you begin

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Your checklist

01

Choose a defined assignment

  • List document types, volume, language and timing.
  • Show a sample of the required output.
  • State which questions must return to your firm.
Context & checks

Describe the inputs, actions and output your firm needs. A bounded pilot is easier to check than an open request for legal support. Include the exclusions as well as the task you want to hand over.

02

Classify the actual work

  • Identify permitted process tasks and explicit exclusions.
  • Obtain clearance for counsel-supervised support.
  • Keep final Indian-law opinions, advice, personalized professional drafting, advocacy and representation with entitled professionals.
Context & checks

Indexing and administrative processing differ from legal research, playbook-based review or drafting support. Support that uses legal judgment needs scope-specific jurisdiction review and instructing-counsel supervision. An LPO label does not change the legal character of the work.

03

Name the reviewers

  • Name supervising counsel and the delivery lead.
  • Define when an ambiguous item must be escalated.
  • Confirm applicable client and professional requirements.
Context & checks

The instructing attorney, advocate or firm identifies who answers exceptions and accepts delivery. Confirm professional duties, client consent where required, conflicts and subcontracting restrictions before sharing the file. Operational checks do not replace professional review.

04

Agree handling before transfer

  • Name authorized users, systems and processing locations.
  • Agree incident contacts, retention and return or deletion.
  • Permit AI use only through the expressly agreed and verified arrangement.
Context & checks

Specify what may be shared, why it is needed and where it may be processed. Limit unnecessary personal or privileged details. Agree the access, approved tools and transfer route before using live files.

05

Test the instructions

  • Provide an approved example and field definitions.
  • Set sampling, acceptance and rework rules.
  • Distinguish material errors from formatting defects.
Context & checks

Run a sample that includes straightforward and difficult items. Review errors together and revise unclear instructions before increasing volume. The check should measure whether the output is usable, rather than only how many files were completed.

06

Plan the handoff

  • Include a delivery list and source links.
  • Assign unresolved questions to named reviewers.
  • Record acceptance, rework and data disposition.
Context & checks

Agree the format, naming, source references and unresolved-item list. The receiving team should be able to reconcile inputs with completed and excluded items, then review the output against the brief.

07

Recheck when the task changes

  • Record the change and its approval.
  • Update the playbook and review responsibilities.
  • Confirm any new permitted-scope or handling assessment.
Context & checks

A larger volume, new document type, new country or different team can change the accepted scope. Revisit instructions, capacity, handling and professional boundaries before continuing under assumptions from the first pilot.

Sources & further reading

Check the jurisdiction, date and facts before relying on a source.

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PRACTICAL GUIDE

Brief an LPO ProjectYour LPO brief

Define the assignment, instructions and review before files move. Your firm retains professional control; the outsourcing brief makes delivery easier to check.

· Firm-led preparation guide · scope and jurisdiction must be assessed

Download the blank brief

Choose a defined assignmentChoose a defined assignment

Describe the inputs, actions and output your firm needs. A bounded pilot is easier to check than an open request for legal support. Include the exclusions as well as the task you want to hand over.

  • List document types, volume, language and timing.
  • Show a sample of the required output.
  • State which questions must return to your firm.

Classify the actual workClassify the actual work

Indexing and administrative processing differ from legal research, playbook-based review or drafting support. Support that uses legal judgment needs scope-specific jurisdiction review and instructing-counsel supervision. An LPO label does not change the legal character of the work.

  • Identify permitted process tasks and explicit exclusions.
  • Obtain clearance for counsel-supervised support.
  • Keep final Indian-law opinions, advice, personalized professional drafting, advocacy and representation with entitled professionals.

Name the reviewersName the reviewers

The instructing attorney, advocate or firm identifies who answers exceptions and accepts delivery. Confirm professional duties, client consent where required, conflicts and subcontracting restrictions before sharing the file. Operational checks do not replace professional review.

  • Name supervising counsel and the delivery lead.
  • Define when an ambiguous item must be escalated.
  • Confirm applicable client and professional requirements.

Agree handling before transferAgree handling before transfer

Specify what may be shared, why it is needed and where it may be processed. Limit unnecessary personal or privileged details. Agree the access, approved tools and transfer route before using live files.

  • Name authorized users, systems and processing locations.
  • Agree incident contacts, retention and return or deletion.
  • Permit AI use only through the expressly agreed and verified arrangement.

Test the instructionsTest the instructions

Run a sample that includes straightforward and difficult items. Review errors together and revise unclear instructions before increasing volume. The check should measure whether the output is usable, rather than only how many files were completed.

  • Provide an approved example and field definitions.
  • Set sampling, acceptance and rework rules.
  • Distinguish material errors from formatting defects.

Plan the handoffPlan the handoff

Agree the format, naming, source references and unresolved-item list. The receiving team should be able to reconcile inputs with completed and excluded items, then review the output against the brief.

  • Include a delivery list and source links.
  • Assign unresolved questions to named reviewers.
  • Record acceptance, rework and data disposition.

Recheck when the task changesRecheck when the task changes

A larger volume, new document type, new country or different team can change the accepted scope. Revisit instructions, capacity, handling and professional boundaries before continuing under assumptions from the first pilot.

  • Record the change and its approval.
  • Update the playbook and review responsibilities.
  • Confirm any new permitted-scope or handling assessment.

Sources and further readingSources and further reading

Check each source against your jurisdiction and facts before acting.

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